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Is there really a town in Austria named "F*****g?"? |
Travel Info Is there really a town in Austria named "F*****g?"? Travel Tips ******* (IPA: /藞f蕣k瑟艐/鈥攖he "u" is pronounced like the "u" in English "put") is a small settlement (population c. 150), part of the municipality of Tarsdorf , in the Innviertel region of western Upper Austria, located at 48掳02鈥?9鈥砃, 12掳50鈥?9鈥矱, bordering Bavaria. It is near the city of Salzburg. The village is known to have existed as 鈥?******鈥?since at least 1070 and is named after a man from the 6th century called Focko. 鈥淚ng鈥?is an old Germanic suffix meaning 鈥減eople鈥? thus *******, in this case, means 鈥減lace of Focko鈥檚 people鈥? The settlement鈥檚 most famous feature is a traffic sign with its name on it beside which English-speaking tourists often stop to have their photograph taken. The sign is the most commonly stolen street sign in Austria. Significant amounts of public funds are spent on replacing the stolen signs. In August 2005 the road signs were replaced with theft-proof signs welded to steel and secured in concrete to make the signs harder to take. In 2004, owing to the stolen signs and embarrassment over the name, a vote was held on changing the name, but the town's residents voted against doing so. Coincidentally there are two small municipalities just over the border in Bavaria, Germany called Petting and Kissing. Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/*******... Other Travel Tips Yes, it's in Hell county. It would be wrong to call it a town, but there is a village by that name. It is fairly close to the town of Braunau am Inn. My wife is from Austria and actually took me there a couple of years ago, so yes, it's true. |
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